Cougars get by Jaguars 1-0

"Ladies and Gentleman, welcome to the Black Hole," the announcer began the evening's festivities at Northwest High School, as the Quince Orchard Cougars traveled up the street to take on the rival Jaguars. The "Black Hole" indeed was in need of some serious grounds maintenance. The field was in particularly poor shape after the heavy rains of 2 weekends ago, when the originally scheduled game was rained out. The football team really took a toll on the pitch and it was beat up to put it mildly. The conditions made it difficult for either team to get into any sort of possession rhythm, and QO's passing game was not as effective as it normally is. Both teams had some good attempts on goal including a great chance by the Jaguars very early in the first half with a wide open player skying the ball over the crossbar. QO followed with a great set piece from a corner kick taken by Junior Yvonne Latour that found Emily D'Italia's header going just wide of the mark. The score remained 0-0 at the end of the first half.

The second half featured more of the same at the start with a couple of early chances on some nice balls through to Junior Jenny Van Hook , one shot just missed wide left. Finally in the 6th minute of the second half a lovely weighted pass from Junior Kayla Clarke found the feet of a running Yvonne Latour who buried the ball in the back of the net, Cougars 1 Jaguars o. More back and forth possession by both teams with the Jaguar and Cougar defenses proving to be impenetrable.

Final score remained 1-0 in favor of your Quice Orchard Cougars. Tonight's win brings the Cougar record to 5-2.